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• The Sept. 12-13 conference will feature 15 breakout sessions on topics of interest to those in the mental health and substance abuse fields as well as families and people living with mental illness.
• Keynote speakers include Dr. Jinneh Dyson of NAMI National, Dr. Stuart White of the National Institutes of Mental Health, and Karen Winters-Schwartz, author of two books about mental illness.
• NAMI South Dakota Executive Director Wendy Giebink. says there will be sessions of interest to everyone.
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Couple convicted of horse neglect near Rapid City
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Jurors in Rapid City took just over an hour to convict a couple of neglecting dozens of horses last winter.
• Donald and Terri Harwood were found guilty Friday of nine counts each of inhumane treatment of an animal.
• Deputies in January seized 69 horses at the Rapid Valley home. A prosecutor says the horses at times were left without hay or water, and some were thin and weak. A defense attorney argued the Harwoods were caring for the horses, and that skyrocketing hay prices and illness among the horses played a big role in the case.
• The Harwoods owned about 30 of the animals and were boarding the rest.
• The maximum punishment on each count is a year in jail and $2,000 fine.
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Intestinal illness that has sickened 576 now in SD
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An intestinal illness that has sickened more than 500 people in other states has been reported in South Dakota.
• The state Department of Health says it's not clear whether all the cases are from the same outbreak of cyclosporiasis (sy-kloh-SPOR'-eye-ah-sis), including the one in Meade County.
• Nationally, health officials are investigating 576 cases in 19 states, with most occurring in June and July. Iowa has reported 153 cases and Nebraska, 56.
• The outbreak is linked to a packaged salad mix from a plant in Mexico that has suspended its operation.
• Cyclosporiasis is caused by a parasite on food or water. The illness can last a month or longer if not treated.
• South Dakota's last reported case was in 2008.
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